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Layers: The Complete Guide to Photoshop's Most Powerful Feature

Author: Matt Kloskowski
ASIN : 0321534166
Sales Rank : 4328
Studio : Peachpit Press
Binding : Paperback
EAN : 9780321534163
ISBN : 0321534166
Number Of Pages : 264
Publication Date : December 22, 2008
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When Photoshop guru Matt Kloskowski was asked why he wrote this book, he replied, “It’s simple: I wanted to write the Photoshop book that I wished was around when I was learning Photoshop”. You’ve always known that layers were the key to understanding Photoshop, and now you have a resource to show you exactly how. With Matt’s clear, easy-to-follow, and concise writing style you’ll learn about:

• Working with and managing multiple layers
• Building multiple layered images
  
• Blending layers together
• Exactly which of the 25+ Blend Modes you need to worry about (there’s just a few)
• Layer Masking and just how easy it is.
• Using layers to enhance and retouch your photos
• All of the tips and tricks that make using layers a breeze.

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The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain

Author: Betty Edwards
ASIN : 0874774241
Sales Rank : 1236
Studio : Tarcher
Binding : Paperback
EAN : 9780874774245
ISBN : 0874774241
Number Of Pages : 320
Publication Date : December 30, 1999
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illustrated with 12-page color photo insert and line art throughout

A revised and expanded edition of the classic drawing-instruction book that has sold more than 2,500,000 copies.

When Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain was first published in 1979, it hit the New York Times bestseller list within two weeks and stayed there for more than a year. In 1989, when Dr. Betty Edwards revised the book, it went straight to the Times list again. Now Dr. Edwards celebrates the twentieth anniversary of her classic book with a second revised edition.

Over the last decade, Dr. Edwards has refined her material through teaching hundreds of workshops and seminars. Truly The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain, this edition includes:

* the very latest developments in brain research;
* new material on using drawing techniques in the corporate world and in education;
* instruction on self-expression through drawing;
* an updated section on using color; and
* detailed information on using the five basic skills of drawing for problem solving.

Translated into thirteen languages, Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain is the world's most widely used drawing-instruction guide. People from just about every walk of life--artists, students, corporate executives, architects, real estate agents, designers, engineers--have applied its revolutionary approach to problem solving. The Los Angeles Times said it best: Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain is "not only a book about drawing, it is a book about living. This brilliant approach to the teaching of drawing . . . should not be dismissed as a mere text. It emancipates."

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Audubon Wildflowers Calendar 2009 (Wall Calendars)

Author: National Audubon Society
ASIN : 1579653626
Sales Rank : 1093
Studio : Artisan
Binding : Calendar
EAN : 9781579653620
ISBN : 1579653626
Number Of Pages : 28
Publication Date : December 01, 2008
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A mountain meadow splashed scarlet with Indian Paintbrush. A trio of Pasqueflowers. Bright Parralena bursting from a crack in parched mud, Brittlebrush blanketing a lush palm grove. Intrepid and hardy, beautiful yet fleeting, wildflowers illuminate America's landscape, from forest to field to desert to coastline. Featuring twelve species in their native habitats, Audubon Wildflowers is a showcase for nature's most extraordinary blooms.

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Out on the Porch Calendar 2009 (Wall Calendars)

Author: Algonquin Books
ASIN : 1565125983
Sales Rank : 1734
Brand : Home & Garden
Studio : Algonquin Books
Feature : Size: 12x12; Flower & Garden
Binding : Calendar
EAN : 9781565125988
ISBN : 1565125983
Number Of Pages : 28
Publication Date : December 01, 2008
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With over one million copies sold, the Out on the Porch calendar is a celebration of the good life. Of ice-cold lemonade on hot summer afternoons. Of the rhythmic thump-thump-thump of a beloved rocker. Of beautiful views and pure, put-up-your feet relaxation. For 2009, kick back on a dozen fantastic porches, porticoes, and verandas (in your imagination, at least). A charmingly rustic terrace in New York's Hudson Valley. A Bahamian porch swathed in green, pink, and yellow. And a sweeping Maine veranda with gorgeous ocean views. Photographs are accompanied by porch quotes from literature, and you can share the tranquility using the twelve full-color postcards included.

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What It Is

Author: Lynda Barry
ASIN : 1897299354
Sales Rank : 3432
Studio : Drawn and Quarterly
Binding : Hardcover
EAN : 9781897299357
ISBN : 1897299354
Number Of Pages : 209
Publication Date : December 13, 2008
Release Date : December 13, 2008
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Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood

Author: Marjane Satrapi
ASIN : 037571457X
Sales Rank : 310
Studio : Pantheon
Binding : Paperback
EAN : 9780375714573
ISBN : 037571457X
Number Of Pages : 160
Publication Date : December 01, 2004
Release Date : December 01, 2004
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A New York Times Notable Book
A Time Magazine “Best Comix of the Year”
A San Francisco Chronicle and Los Angeles Times Best-seller

Wise, funny, and heartbreaking, Persepolis is Marjane Satrapi’s memoir of growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. In powerful black-and-white comic strip images, Satrapi tells the story of her life in Tehran from ages six to fourteen, years that saw the overthrow of the Shah’s regime, the triumph of the Islamic Revolution, and the devastating effects of war with Iraq. The intelligent and outspoken only child of committed Marxists and the great-granddaughter of one of Iran’s last emperors, Marjane bears witness to a childhood uniquely entwined with the history of her country.

Persepolis paints an unforgettable portrait of daily life in Iran and of the bewildering contradictions between home life and public life. Marjane’s child’s-eye view of dethroned emperors, state-sanctioned whippings, and heroes of the revolution allows us to learn as she does the history of this fascinating country and of her own extraordinary family. Intensely personal, profoundly political, and wholly original, Persepolis is at once a story of growing up and a reminder of the human cost of war and political repression. It shows how we carry on, with laughter and tears, in the face of absurdity. And, finally, it introduces us to an irresistible little girl with whom we cannot help but fall in love.

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Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History

Author: Art Spiegelman
ASIN : 0394747232
Sales Rank : 463
Studio : Pantheon
Binding : Paperback
EAN : 9780394747231
ISBN : 0394747232
Number Of Pages : 160
Publication Date : December 12, 1986
Release Date : December 12, 1986
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A story of a Jewish survivor of Hitler's Europe and his son, a cartoonist who tries to come to terms with his father's story and history itself.

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Some historical events simply beggar any attempt at description--the Holocaust is one of these. Therefore, as it recedes and the people able to bear witness die, it becomes more and more essential that novel, vigorous methods are used to describe the indescribable. Examined in these terms, Art Spiegelman's Maus is a tremendous achievement, from a historical perspective as well as an artistic one.

Spiegelman, a stalwart of the underground comics scene of the 1960s and '70s, interviewed his father, Vladek, a Holocaust survivor living outside New York City, about his experiences. The artist then deftly translated that story into a graphic novel. By portraying a true story of the Holocaust in comic form--the Jews are mice, the Germans cats, the Poles pigs, the French frogs, and the Americans dogs--Spiegelman compels the reader to imagine the action, to fill in the blanks that are so often shied away from. Reading Maus, you are forced to examine the Holocaust anew.

This is neither easy nor pleasant. However, Vladek Spiegelman and his wife Anna are resourceful heroes, and enough acts of kindness and decency appear in the tale to spur the reader onward (we also know that the protagonists survive, else reading would be too painful). This first volume introduces Vladek as a happy young man on the make in pre-war Poland. With outside events growing ever more ominous, we watch his marriage to Anna, his enlistment in the Polish army after the outbreak of hostilities, his and Anna's life in the ghetto, and then their flight into hiding as the Final Solution is put into effect. The ending is stark and terrible, but the worst is yet to come--in the second volume of this Pulitzer Prize-winning set. --Michael Gerber

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The Photoshop Elements 6 Book for Digital Photographers (Voices That Matter)

Authors: Scott Kelby, Matt Kloskowski
ASIN : 0321524640
Sales Rank : 3032
Studio : New Riders Press
Binding : Paperback
EAN : 9780321524645
ISBN : 0321524640
Number Of Pages : 512
Publication Date : December 28, 2008
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Best-selling author Scott Kelby pairs up with Matt Kloskowski to deliver the definitive book on using Photoshop Elements 6 to create the best possible images. With this newest release of Photoshop Elements, Scott and Matt show readers how to work with their images like a pro, from importing to organization to correction to output. Readers will learn all they need to know about the digital photography workflow, as well as the latest secrets of the pros to help them create the best special effects, apply the most useful sharpening techniques, and avoid many of the hassles and problems that are encountered in digital photography (such as digital noise and color halos).

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Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art

Author: Scott Mccloud
ASIN : 006097625X
Sales Rank : 536
Studio : Harper Paperbacks
Binding : Paperback
EAN : 9780060976255
ISBN : 006097625X
Number Of Pages : 224
Publication Date : December 27, 1994
Release Date : December 27, 1994
Publisher : Harper Paperbacks
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Praised throughout the cartoon industry by such luminaries as Art Spiegelman, Matt Groening, and Will Eisner, this innovative comic book provides a detailed look at the history, meaning, and art of comics and cartooning.

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A comic book about comic books. McCloud, in an incredibly accessible style, explains the details of how comics work: how they're composed, read and understood. More than just a book about comics, this gets to the heart of how we deal with visual languages in general. "The potential of comics is limitless and exciting!" writes McCloud. This should be required reading for every school teacher. Pulitzer Prize-winner Art Spiegelman says, "The most intelligent comics I've seen in a long time."

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Audubon 365 Songbirds and Other Backyard Birds Picture-A-Day Calendar 2009 (Picture-A-Day Wall Calendars)

Author: National Audubon Society
ASIN : 1579653677
Sales Rank : 3643
Studio : Artisan
Binding : Calendar
EAN : 9781579653675
ISBN : 1579653677
Number Of Pages : 28
Publication Date : December 01, 2008
Publisher : Artisan
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For America's 70 million birders, 365 Songbirds presents the thrill of a new sighting every day. Close-up and in vivid full color, these are the familiar warblers that flit around the yard, perch on the feeder, and bring music and beauty to our daily lives. An American Goldfinch decked out in bright summer plummage, a robin's nest with a clutch of blue eggs, a Northern Cardinal perched on a snow-covered branch. Plus woodpeckers, jays, meadowlarks, sparrows, orioles, and jewel-like hummingbirds. In addition to the daily featured birds, one species is celebrated in depth each month, with a large photograph and detailed text.